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<\/a>Wesley and Peggie Potter<\/p><\/div>\n
James Wesley Potter was born in New Bern, North Carolina, July 15, 1938. He was one of six children born to Mark and Hannah Potter. Wesley (he became known by his middle name) was saved at age nine at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church in New Bern and received his call into ministry at a camp meeting in Falcon, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Those decisions set Wesley on a relentless pursuit of training that would prepare him for a lifetime of service to Christ and the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC). He is an alumnus of both Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia, and Holmes College of the Bible in Greenville, South Carolina. He also earned a Bachelor of Theology from the International Bible Seminary, Jacksonville, Florida. Two other institutions\u2014Tabernacle Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland, and the National Bible College, Washington, D.C.\u2014recognized Wesley\u2019s leadership skills and Christian service by awarding him honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees.<\/p>\n
While attending Holmes, Wes was part of a men’s trio that ministered in local churches and recruited students for the school. When the trio, which included Wesley, Clarence Terry, and Dan Powers, arrived for weekend services in Rockingham, North Carolina, they needed someone to play the piano. A pretty blond named Peggie Flowers was drafted as their pianist for the weekend, but, as she describes it, that assignment continued \u201cfor the next 50 years (without pay).\u201d<\/p>\n
Wesley and Peggie were married on February 9, 1958. Together, they pastored Pentecostal Holiness congregations for 45 years. In fact, Wesley was the founding pastor of Christian Assembly Church and School in Florence, South Carolina. They relocated from there and built Kingsway Christian Center in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n
Wesley served for 13 years as superintendent (bishop) of the Mid-Atlantic Conference. Under his leadership, the conference\u2019s ministerial membership tripled, the number of member churches doubled, and the conference finances tripled. During his tenure as conference superintendent, Wesley served on the General Board of Administration for the IPHC.<\/p>\n
Following Wesley\u2019s retirement in 2002, the Potters served as interim pastors at Living Waters Church in Rockingham, North Carolina, for five years. Most recently, they lived in Conroe, Texas, near their daughter Janna and her husband Greg Long. Their son Jay and his wife Melissa live in Atlanta, Georgia, and Jonathan and his wife Lisa reside in Birmingham, Alabama. The Potters have eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n
Services will be held on Monday, September 4 at Christian Assembly Church in Florence, South Carolina.<\/p>\n
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Wesley Potter pas\u00f3 a su hogar eterno el 31 de agosto de 2017. El Superintendente General Doug Beacham recuerda, \"Rev. Potter sirvi\u00f3 a Jesucristo con distinci\u00f3n. James Wesley Potter naci\u00f3 en New Bern, Carolina del Norte, el 15 de julio de 1938. Fue uno de los seis hijos nacidos de Mark y Hannah Potter . Wesley (se hizo conocido por su segundo nombre) fue salvado a los nueve a\u00f1os en la Primera Iglesia de Santidad Pentecostal en Nueva Berna y recibi\u00f3 su llamado al ministerio en una reuni\u00f3n en Falcon, Carolina del Norte. Esas decisiones pusieron a Wesley en una b\u00fasqueda implacable de entrenamiento que lo preparar\u00eda para una vida de servicio a Cristo ya la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal (IPHC). \u00c9l es un alumno de ambos Emmanuel College en Franklin Springs, Georgia, y Holmes College de la Biblia en Greenville, Carolina del Sur. Tambi\u00e9n obtuvo una Licenciatura en Teolog\u00eda del Seminario B\u00edblico Internacional, Jacksonville, Florida. Otras dos instituciones -el Seminario del Tabern\u00e1culo, Baltimore, Maryland, y el Colegio Nacional de Biblia, Washington, DC- reconocieron las habilidades de liderazgo y el servicio cristiano de Wesley al otorgarle el t\u00edtulo honorario de Doctor en Divinidad. Mientras asist\u00eda a Holmes, Wes era parte de un tr\u00edo de hombres que ministraba en iglesias locales y reclutaba a estudiantes para la escuela. Cuando el tr\u00edo, que inclu\u00eda a Wesley, Clarence Terry y Dan Powers, lleg\u00f3 para servicios de fin de semana en Rockingham, Carolina del Norte, necesitaban a alguien para tocar el piano. Una rubia bonita llamada Flores de Peggie fue redactada como su pianista para el fin de semana, pero, como ella lo describe, esa asignaci\u00f3n continu\u00f3 \"por los 50 a\u00f1os pr\u00f3ximos (sin paga).\" Wesley y Peggie se casaron el 9 de febrero de 1958. Juntos, pastorearon las congregaciones de santidad pentecostal durante 45 a\u00f1os. De hecho, Wesley fue el pastor fundador de la Iglesia y Escuela de la Asamblea Cristiana en Florencia, Carolina del Sur. Se trasladaron desde all\u00ed y construyeron Kingsway Christian Center en Baltimore, Maryland. Wesley sirvi\u00f3 durante 13 a\u00f1os como superintendente (obispo) de la Conferencia del Medio Atl\u00e1ntico. Bajo su liderazgo, la membres\u00eda ministerial de la conferencia se triplic\u00f3, el n\u00famero de iglesias miembros se duplic\u00f3 y la conferencia se triplic\u00f3. Durante su mandato como superintendente de la conferencia, Wesley sirvi\u00f3 en la Junta General de Administraci\u00f3n para el IPHC. Despu\u00e9s de la jubilaci\u00f3n de Wesley en 2002, los Potter sirvieron como pastores interinos en la Iglesia de Aguas Vivientes en Rockingham, Carolina del Norte, durante cinco a\u00f1os. M\u00e1s recientemente, vivieron en Conroe, Texas, cerca de su hija Janna y su marido Greg Long. Su hijo Jay y su esposa Melissa viven en Atlanta, Georgia, y Jonathan y su esposa Cisa residen en Birmingham, Alabama. Los Potter tienen ocho nietos. Los servicios se llevar\u00e1n a cabo el lunes 4 de septiembre en la Iglesia de la Asamblea Cristiana en Florencia, Carolina del Sur.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/09\/In-Memory-2016.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-q8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}